Voice rest after vocal fold polyp surgery: A Swedish register study of 588 patients

Abstract

We found no significant difference in the two-category subjective voice outcome depending on voice rest. VHI-10 showed a statistically significant positive effect on self-evaluated voice outcome, with the largest improvement in the group with no voice rest. However, the clinical relevance of the VHI changes is unclear. The present study does not show any advantage of total voice rest as compared to relative voice rest or speaking freely. High age and low preoperative VHI scores were significant risk factors for worse voice outcome. <b>Level of evidence</b>: 4.